Rivals

Who are our top rivals historically would people say and why?

1 Hull  ( Still the top rival historically even though not played each other for year`s and I can only think a relic of the fishing and Humberside era`s? )
2 Scunny ( The recent sell out FA Cup game and sold out away end for the replay told you we still have an intense dislike for this close neighbour )
3 Lincoln ( Used to be like Hull are now we hadn`t played them for years but seemed to be joined at the hip last 10 years which has increased the rivalry )
4 Barnsley ( Top of the Yorkshire Derby contingent for me in so much as we played them H&A for years usually a game with goals )
5 FGR/Cheltenham  ( New kids on the block but another two sides Town fans love to hate from our recent history )

Odd one out
Stoke City ( Probably for all the wrong reasons this is a fixture that off the pitch seems to have no problem filling the ground especially at home)

All depends what era you started watching Town regularly really.

For me it was the 2 Sheffield Clubs, Barnsley and even Leeds to a certain extent when we were in the same Division for a while in the 80's.

As for Hull, I think we've only played them in competitive games a handful of time since I starting following Town

Obviously for the younger Town fans it's going to be Scunny and more recently Lincoln but I don't really see either as real rivals.

Growing up I felt like there was an intense distaste for anything Yorkshire, especially Hull and Sheffield. Probably Barnsley to an extent too. I feel like anytime Sheffield have been in town there was problems with fights and an intense feeling in the ground. It's a little different now because they have been in much higher leagues than us for years. Scunthorpe and Lincoln are usually packed out local derbies with a mad atmosphere. Everyone likes to stuff the Scunts especially it seems. They don't like us either.

Cheltenham was one that developed in non league, they dislike us too so it's a mutual thing I think FGR is a bit one sided. Most of their fans seem really nice when I've spoke to them and don't think of it as a nasty rivalry or anything like that lol. Bit salty when we beat them at Wembley though.

Hull is our natural derby for lots of reasons but would be no end of problems from both risk elements if we played them now , I personally dislike the Scunts more than the mud rats and as for the gimps when the cowleys disapear they will slide into their natural slot of third place in my derby days

Scunny always and above anyone else.

As Les said when younger any of the yorkie teams...Sheff Weds, Leeds, Barnsley not only with the football thing but with them being ever present during most of the summer in Cleethorpes as well, polluting the atmosphere with the awful dialect.  

Scunny for me. As Les said, I think it depends when you started watching.

Scunny. It grieves me greatly seeing them above us for so long.

Always scunny for me, started going to watch Town late 60's and growing up in Brigg, plus 40 years on the steelworks,  I don't even want them to win the toss at the start of the game.

Being old school has to be 'ULL'

Scunny for me.